"'Kanni' by Tal National breathed new life into me just as I was about to cut off that day as a total loss."
A break in the normal routine is always welcome, whether it or not it becomes cluttered with minor inconveniences. I won’t get into those details, but...

"Frenetically, tiny bursts of energy surged through my arms and legs, in a kind of syncopated rhythm—mechanical but more complex a timing than I could keep track of myself."
This morning I woke from a dream—but not fully. I found myself in that most awful sta...

“Bereft of the serenity that carried you this far, drums become louder from across the soundscape until dreadful shrieks bolt towards you from the mist. ”
Can I call myself subterranean? It seems a ludicrous question from someone born and raised ('raised' bei...

"...but rather than the trunks of trees climbing to awesome heights it was stalacto-stalagmites scattered about a large cavern."
I’ve had “New Home” by Ada on repeat for a bulk of the day here in the office. After such a long time spent in the Warren, a “new ...

“Yea, it's the kind of song that follows you around the rest of your life when you got yourself in enough trouble.”
Abalisong lie open on the table. I can't remember where I got it, but I feel like it's been with me a real long time. Everybody got something l...

"As their descent brought them lower into the depths, the static of their mind increased and it became like music to me."
What happens when the extraordinary turns mundane? It doesn’t seem like there’d be anything left after that to give one the mental thrill...

"That brilliant red glow it emits, and the beautiful ringing sound as it vibrates itself back into the molecules from which it came."
Amongst all alien customs on the Surface, perhaps the strangest is the common practice of burying the dead. I’ve often wonder...

"It’s raw, emotive, and refreshing to hear something that pushes the clock back to a point where there is little historical record of music."
Good… very good… my morning has been made. The pleasantry of music has never failed me, and this find is of particula...

"Death waits but a misjudged leap or unsolved puzzle away, and this realization is where I found myself identifying."
The sun’s light doesn’t burn like it did before—still, I prefer the night. I like the cool air and general peace after a certain hour. I’m to...

"Perhaps the nobly erect trunks and their layers of dark red and orange stone are all that truly matter. Perhaps it is merely the fact that they exist that matters."
Of all things magical in the Great Below, perhaps one of the most wondrous is a work of sheer...

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